This is one of those that’s a favorite of a lot of people (or so I’m told) but that I’ve never really liked much. Bathroom humor always feels cheap and forced to me. On these early strips I was drawing at a smaller size and using paper and pens that were quite a bit different [...]
Posts Tagged ‘jerry’
After I did the first 10 SuperFogeys strips on my blog at MySpace, I decided to try to find a place to get the strip hosted and see if I could produce something like it on a regular basis. When the SuperFogeys did find a host site (pre-Th3rd World) I decided to start the strip [...]
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Dec 5, 06 | 54 – Gene Gets What’s Coming to Him |
Jul 12, 22 | 905 – Big Landing |
Jun 3, 11 | Pg. 8 “Future Imperfect” |
Dec 29, 10 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar (Extra) |
Jul 27, 12 | Pg. 5 “Long Night of the Monsters” |
This is the first strip where I’m really demonstrating the perverseness of Dr. Rocket, an aspect of his personality that would come to define him later. It’s hard writing a perverse character in what is essentially an all-ages strip, but I think this strip is a good example of how it can be done. It’s [...]
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Jul 14, 14 | 609 – Humbled |
Jul 27, 12 | Pg. 5 “Long Night of the Monsters” |
May 28, 12 | 415 – Someone REALLY Hates Space Monkeys |
May 9, 12 | 410 – Attack of the Space Monkeys |
Sep 2, 08 | 159 – Strange Dreams and Wedding Plans |
I knew I wanted Dr. Rocket’s monologue to be about how he got Spy Gal unconscious, but I wanted his means of accomplishing that to be something humorous, brief and unique. I thought he might drug her, but just any ol’ drug wouldn’t do. It had to be something exotic. Boom: Space Pig Urine. It [...]
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Oct 7, 06 | 14 – Watchin’ TV |
Jun 12, 13 | 512 – The Worst Thing That’s Ever Happened to Swifty |
Feb 28, 18 | 767 – Done Pretending |
Nov 11, 08 | 178 – Death, M.D. |
Oct 2, 08 | 168 – Tangerine Gets His Mad On |
There are essentially two ways to do a comic strip (as I see it): with or without a continuing story. The intro of Spy Gal is when I realized that I just wasn’t capable of doing one-off jokes. I ALWAYS have a story to tell. Spy Gal was originally supposed to be a character named [...]
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Oct 8, 06 | 15 – Introducing Swifty! |
Jul 29, 08 | 149 – Santa Rocket |
Jan 25, 11 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 9 “We Can Work With That” |
Dec 3, 12 | 463 – May Percy Have a Pet? |
For Spy Gal’s intro, I wanted to push the boundaries of good taste a little. Is it right to make light of the dementia that all-too-often takes over the minds of older people? …Depends on how you do it. Turns out Spy Gal was faking, but it’s a theme I plan on revisting. Why Turnip? [...]
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It still pains me to look at the art in a lot of these early strips. Where the crud are the frickin’ wheelchairs? The only answer I have is that I was lazy and was trying to draw as little as possible. I really saw the strips as more of an exercise in pacing and [...]
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Jan 16, 12 | 378 – Things Fall Apart |
Feb 14, 18 | 763 – Serious Issues |
Feb 5, 20 | 830 – Literary Twist |
Aug 1, 14 | Pg. 5 “Many Doors, All Locked” |
his is the second of the additions I made to the original 10 black and white strips I did to kick off the SuperFogeys. Originally, episode 8 went into what is now episode 10 without this minor stopover to make explicit what was once subtle. She’s Spy Gal. Spy Gal is a spy. Duh. It [...]
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May 28, 09 | 210 – What Happens Next |
Nov 19, 20 | 857 – Knocked Off the Perch |
Jul 19, 22 | 907 – Where is Sam? |
Feb 8, 11 | Pg. 2 “New Designer in Town” |
First of all: yes, they’re watching Jeopardy. The real point of this strip was to show Jerry’s concern for Spy Gal and Captain Spectacular’s utter lack of it. I wrapped that point in a Jeopardy joke recycled from Groundhog Day because I figured I’d better do this joke now and early in order to get [...]
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Oct 22, 09 | 230 – Cleaning Out Her Ears |
Aug 29, 16 | 694 – Soviet Sam Crackdown |
Sep 28, 11 | Chapter 5, “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket” Recap by Geoff Munn |
Nov 19, 12 | 459 – A Family Thing |
Jun 14, 22 | 897 – Streaking Past |
What’s sadder than a guy who can run really fast that’s stuck behind a walker? The answer is nothing, my friends, nothing. That’s what makes Swifty so much fun–we all know exactly why he’s so bitter and grumpy and you just can’t blame the guy. For Swifty’s design, I couldn’t make him look too much [...]
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Dec 10, 20 | 861 – tink tink tink |
Jan 8, 10 | Guest Strip by Cory Thomas of “Watch Your Head!” |
Mar 17, 07 | 116 – Still Hot |
Aug 11, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 3 “New Parts” |
May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
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Aug 13, 12 | 435 – A Job Well Done |
Feb 1, 17 | 731 – Mr. Brightside |
Nov 12, 09 | 233 – She Was Undercover |
Mar 19, 18 | 772 – Showdown at the New California Coast |
Sep 11, 15 | 681 – Man Child |
This one is just ugly. None of the characters look right, though I do love how the idea of Spy Gal kissing Dr. Rocket just rolls off Captain Spectacular. The man just does not care. Plus: sexy shoulder blades.
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Aug 21, 13 | 528 – Spy Gal vs. Jerry |
Jun 5, 13 | 510 – The Evil, Evil Plan |
Apr 8, 07 | 137 – The Operating Blues |
Mar 14, 07 | 113 – “THAT’S NOT FAIR!” |
Aug 20, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 12 “Party Hard” |
I love this strip. I think this is the one where you get the best sense of the relationship between Captain Spectacular and Jerry. The first panel alone–I think if the entire strip were just that panel, I’d be happy. I don’t think anyone else laughs at that first panel (That’s not where the joke [...]
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Mar 5, 18 | 768 – Boy-Haired Crone |
Mar 13, 11 | 299 – Why The Hospital |
May 3, 08 | 86 – WebSpace Page: Jerry |
This is the strip that finally broke me. I enjoy the dialogue here a lot, but the art is the (seemingly) umpteenth strip made out of spare parts. This is when I realized things had to change.
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May 7, 09 | 207 – Not My Story to Tell |
Jan 8, 18 | 752 – Like Jerry |
Aug 5, 13 | 523 – The Big Slam |
Jul 8, 08 | Guest Strip by Brian Anderson of “Dog Eat Doug!” |
I do believe this strip marks the first close-up I’d ever done in the Superfogeys. I began looking for ways to change the camera around and push the framing into the storytelling more. It was just one panel, but it was a start.
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Aug 6, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 10 “The Heart” |
Dec 2, 10 | 287 – GAH! |
Nov 30, 11 | 367 – The Division Sword |
Oct 17, 18 | HUGE NEWS! SuperFogeys Volume One—Inaction Heroes now on Kickstarter! |
Nov 16, 11 | 363 – Liberated |
I love this little experiment. It’s two jokes, one the main plot and one a jokey subplot, that don’t work so well on their own but that compliment each other, I think, pretty well. Jerry’s frustration here is my own. Sleep, it seems, will always be denied me. I had no idea the Space Pig [...]
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Sep 8, 22 | 922 – The New Normal |
Jun 23, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 19 “Did You Save Him?” |
Jan 6, 10 | Guest Strip by Jermaine McGruder of “Warrior Born!” |
Jul 22, 08 | 147 – Three Plus Seven |
Oct 12, 11 | 354 – Snap Out of It! |
Double-sized strips are always fun, but I’m not sure this is the best use of it. The flashback certainly was fun to do. The idea here should be clear: Jerry is Captain Spectacular’s sidekick. This is all set-up and revelation. You should be getting the idea by now that Chapter 1 is really Jerry’s story.
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Jan 1, 10 | Guest Strip by Chris Watkins of “Odori Park!” |
Nov 23, 06 | 50 – And the Actual Winner of Bingo Night is… |
Dec 3, 12 | 463 – May Percy Have a Pet? |
Feb 19, 14 | 573 – Jerry Picks a Flower |
Jun 23, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 19 “Did You Save Him?” |
The last strip of Chapter One is one that I had planned for a long, long time. Once I decided to do the SuperFogeys for real, I quickly came up with a grand plan. This plan extends far, far beyond this chapter, though this ending is the first touchstone in that plan. If you ever [...]
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Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
Dec 28, 09 | Guest Strip by Don Oskowski of “Conduit Flux!” |
Mar 5, 18 | 768 – Boy-Haired Crone |
Nov 4, 06 | 32 – Bingo Night Begins |
Mar 21, 11 | The SuperFogeys 2011 Teaser |
One of the better-paced strips I’ve done (or so I’ve been told) and a solid, economical reintroduction to three of the main characters.
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Sep 30, 08 | 167 – Captain Spectacular’s Shame |
Jul 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 22 “The Society of Heroes” |
Jan 2, 12 | 374 – A Spy Gal Shaped Hole |
Oct 17, 06 | 24 – Too Little Too Late |
Sep 22, 06 | 1 – Introducing Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket! |
Jerry was late to the party because I needed to remind the audience of his feelings for Spy Gal. I’m sure there was a better way to do that. Not a favorite of mine.
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Jan 7, 21 | 865 – Balance |
Feb 17, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 7 “Two Years” |
Aug 4, 22 | 912 – Jerry Speaks |
Sep 4, 08 | 160 – Best Friends Forever? |
Apr 15, 13 | 497 – Michelle |
I knew the back half of this chapter would be light on the Swifty, so I wanted to make sure his last time in the spotlight was a memorable one. Everyone seems to have a different favorite Swifty ailment, but the one I like the best (and the first one I wrote) is the one [...]
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Sep 30, 11 | Chapter 7, “Visiting Day” Recap by Rossana Bugini |
Mar 31, 07 | 130 – When Pigs Fly |
Jul 8, 11 | Pg. 13 “A Tree Falls in the Forest…” |
Dec 12, 12 | 466 – Tunnel Vision |
Sep 29, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 5 “Time to Move On” |
I had been looking for an excuse to do a single-panel strip for a long time and this conclusion of the Healer’s interviews with all the SuperFogeys was a good excuse for it. Originally, the dialogue on this one was vastly different. It was a back and forth between the Healer and the Captain; none [...]
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Dec 28, 11 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
Dec 16, 13 | 557 – Dog Off the Leash |
Dec 2, 10 | 287 – GAH! |
May 10, 22 | 887 – Swipe |
Feb 2, 07 | 93 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met and Married Star Maiden |
44 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed
by Brock Heasley on November 16th, 2006This is one of those connecting strips that I didn’t know I needed until I did. Strip 45 was always a story I was going to tell, but before I got to that story I realized that I had nothing leading into it. What would be Dr. Rocket’s final scheme? Why, bunnies of course. Why [...]
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Nov 2, 16 | 710 – Crimson Oils |
Aug 6, 14 | 616 – One of Zurida’s |
Jul 29, 08 | 149 – Santa Rocket |
Nov 11, 11 | Pg. 7 “Nipped” |
Apr 7, 07 | 136 – CENSORED! |
45 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed, Conclusion
by Brock Heasley on November 17th, 2006See the bunny? I liked the idea that Dr. Rocket kept one bunny for himself. Of course it begs the question…what happened to the bunny? That answer is coming in Chapter 6. This strip took a little longer than your average strip. In the end, I think I probably pumped a little too much detail [...]
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Oct 13, 09 | SF Origins: JA – Tom’s Story, Pg. 2 “Not About My Dad” |
Nov 18, 10 | 285 – Medical Centre |
Nov 17, 20 | 856 – Grab That Rabbit! |
Dec 1, 06 | 51 – Can Hair Eat? |
Oct 9, 19 | 802 – Nothing More Important Than Loyalty |
I tried and tried to not make this one a double-sized. I had just done one and I didn’t want to take the time to do another one, but there just wasn’t any other way to make it work. Too many characters all interacting with each other. It has been said that this is one [...]
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Apr 15, 10 | 252 – Like A Son |
Feb 19, 18 | 764 – Meanwhile, Inside Dr. Rocket’s Bedchamber |
Jan 22, 14 | 565 – Suckface |
Jun 15, 12 | Pg. 1 “Through the Portal” |
Feb 16, 21 | 874 – The One True |
This is an important call back to the end of Chapter 1. I had to keep Jerry’s unrequited love alive somehow and it seems particularly harsh that it’s now Spy Gal herself who is diminishing him. Jerry’s just fun to mess with.
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Visually, this is one of my absolute favorites. You can see I’m trying something new with the background. I first used the “faded background” technique in a guest strip I did for Wes Molebash’s strip “You’ll Have That” Once I did it there, I knew I needed to try it for SF. More copy/pasting [...]
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Mar 7, 12 | 393 – Impasse |
Mar 7, 18 | 769 – Weeping Wandering Fat Children |
Aug 7, 15 | 666 – When He Can Smell You From in There, It’s a Problem |
Jan 3, 11 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar, Part One |
Aug 18, 14 | 618 – Thanks to Money Man |
The first panel shows a depth of field we haven’t really seen in SF thus far. My goal was to do a drawing that would also work well as a group shot and, possibly, a wallpaper. Plans are in the works for just such a thing. Obviously, this is a huge change of pace for [...]
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Sep 14, 16 | 699 – How Captain Spectacular Takes Care of Business |
Nov 14, 06 | 42 – Dr. Rocket Needs a Special Kind of Healing |
Dec 5, 12 | 464 – Cuffed |
Jan 28, 07 | 88 – Who Smells Like Fish? |
The Swifty-Jerry dynamic is one of my favorites, and this is one of my favorite exchanges that I’ve had a chance to write. I love how Jerry just ignores Swifty. A fun strip that segued into one of the biggest mistakes I ever made with the SuperFogeys…
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Jun 12, 13 | 512 – The Worst Thing That’s Ever Happened to Swifty |
May 2, 18 | 783 – FINALLY! |
Jan 16, 17 | 726 – Harrison Ford Finger of Doom |
Jan 1, 10 | Guest Strip by Chris Watkins of “Odori Park!” |
Jul 30, 12 | 431 – Blights of the Round Table |
Could I just not be bothered to draw backgrounds this time? Looks like. Still, the colors are pretty, right? Right? I try to make the Space Pig be an animal of as few words as possible. You never quite know where he’s coming from, I think. He’s a popular character, so he must be [...]
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May 7, 18 | 784 – What is Jerry Missing? |
Jan 17, 07 | 72 – Dictator Tot’s Marching Orders |
Dec 16, 10 | 289 – Not Yet |
Oct 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
Sep 10, 09 | 224 – The Race |
Another “colorful” strip. Seriously, this is just ugly. I never pull off the silhouetted figures thing as well as someone like Mike Witmer over at Pinkerton. I try but…no. Still, Jerry getting rejected by Spy Gal…that’s always gold as far as I’m concerned.
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Nov 3, 14 | 633 – A Different Destiny |
Feb 2, 21 | 870 – Spy Gal’s Patience Runs Out |
Oct 19, 11 | 356 – Best Luck of Her Life |
Jan 2, 12 | 374 – A Spy Gal Shaped Hole |
Nov 27, 17 | 750 – The Big Slap |
The Pig is the minister! That’s the payoff to the Space Pig’s WebSpace page. Don’t know how many people picked up on that. I had a lot of fun with this page. Designing the Ninja Bridesmaid was particularly fun.
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Sep 8, 22 | 922 – The New Normal |
Mar 24, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 6 “Beaten to the Punch” |
Dec 16, 11 | Pg. 5 “Full Power, Harvey!” |
Aug 17, 11 | 343 – Speak No More of This |
Mar 18, 13 | 489 – Change in Plan |
Another ugly, ugly strip. An important one though. This is one of those that I think people read and then didn’t ask the right questions about. Jerry’s tears are a leftover plot thread from Chapter 3. The last time anyone talked about him it was in Episode 88 when Captain Spectacular mentioned that Jerry had [...]
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Apr 20, 11 | 309 – Time Travelin’ Scamps |
Nov 17, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 3 “The Last Punch” |
Mar 17, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 5 “Prison Stripes” |
Dec 10, 20 | 861 – tink tink tink |
Aug 6, 09 | 219 – Bubbles of Light 5 |
Slapsticky? Yes, definitely. But I still love it. Shoot, I love it because it’s slapsticky. Obviously, I’m riffing on the Nintendo Wii here, notorious for it’s flying game remotes. I got a Wii in December of 2006. Love that thing and with all the reports of the sytem being used in nursing homes across the [...]
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Dec 9, 19 | 817 – Master Masticate Stands with Fork Ready |
Feb 16, 21 | 874 – The One True |
Sep 6, 22 | 921 – Obedience is Key |
Jun 5, 13 | 510 – The Evil, Evil Plan |
Nov 16, 11 | 363 – Liberated |
As bad as the art was in the firs few strips of this chapter, I think it got that much better once the Wii stuff came in. Spy Gal’s jumping pose was something I was nervous about doing (I’m not good with the action), but I’m really pleased with how it turned out. All of [...]
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Oct 5, 11 | Chapter 10, “Bubbles of Light” Recap by Danny Burleson |
Mar 18, 07 | 117 – Dementia |
Jan 23, 12 | 380 – Mr. Jerry |
Jan 9, 17 | 724 – Requiem for Tangerine |
Apr 1, 10 | 250 – To Be So Stupid |
Some readers thought Jerry was out-of-character here. In my mind, Jerry is basically a decent guy, but even decent guys can be pushed too far. If it’s Swifty talking, then you can be sure that Jerry is being pushed too far. I labored and labored over the wording of Dr. Rocket’s apology. It had to [...]
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May 13, 13 | 503 – Money Man vs. Zurida |
Mar 24, 14 | 582 – The Discomfort of Dark Maiden |
Sep 9, 19 | 798 – A Dark Past, A Questionable Present |
Dec 27, 11 | Guest Strip by Dan White! |
Apr 25, 18 | 781 – Everyone in the War Room! |
I had a TON of fun with this episode. Webcomics can, at times, be a bit of a grind. That schedule, even at just twice a week, can be killer. A visually interesting episode like this where I get to play with depth of field and extreme reactions is just a blast. I had only [...]
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Jan 23, 17 | 728 – Oh, Brucie… |
Oct 30, 13 | 544 – Whose Mess Is It, Anyway? |
Jun 20, 12 | 422 – Whoof! |
Sep 16, 13 | 535 – A Superhero, His Sons, His Ex and His Evil Best Friend are Locked Up in a Palace… |
Jan 7, 13 | 469 – Beating Into Submission with Peace |
And now you see the entire impetus for the Wii storyline. I knew I wanted Star Maiden to be so deranged that she actually sees the Fogeys as their younger selves. With that in mind, I thought her interpretation of “air boxing” would be hilarious. Turned out to be more dramatic, but what are you [...]
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This is another callback to Spy Gal’s initial appearance in Chapter 1 where the Fogeys discussed her “hotness.” Again, Star Maiden’s reference to bunnies is not so random as it first appears. A quick read of episodes 44 and 45 of Chapter 2 should give enough of a clue to what she might be talking [...]
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Mar 23, 12 | Pg. 5 “Where Are The Unicef Upstarts?” |
Feb 19, 14 | 573 – Jerry Picks a Flower |
Dec 11, 08 | 187 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 4 “New Clothes” |
Oct 29, 12 | 453 – Buried Weapons |
Jul 9, 18 | Pg. 6 “Date or Fight?” |
Some pretty loaded dialog here, and one of my favorite CS/Jerry conversations at that. I like the talky stuff. Action is fun and I understand the need for it, but I always see the core of the SuperFogeys being the interplay between the characters. That’s where the meat is. Love the promise of the last [...]
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Apr 7, 14 | 586 – The New Percy |
Sep 14, 12 | Pg. 6 “Who Could Have Done This?” |
Feb 1, 11 | Pg. 1 “Who You Callin’ Cow?” |
May 11, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 5 “Hurts to Look at Her” |
Aug 17, 12 | Pg. 2 “Youthfulenergysupersurplus!” |
Some readers misunderstood this strip to mean that Spy Gal is upset at Star Maiden again. Not my intention at all, something I hope becomes clear in the next strip. Swifty’s line at the end came from trial and error. All of his dialog in the last panel went through many iterations. I think the [...]
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Oct 22, 12 | 451 – Will Tangerine Help? |
Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
Aug 4, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 2 “Master Masticate and the Concubine Cannibals” |
Jul 6, 15 | 652 – On the Great Wall |
Jul 9, 12 | 427 – I Bet He Wishes He Was a Lizard |
The rare one-paneler! Very rarely do I have an idea for a strip that lends itself to this. The challenge is the layout. Getting all those characters into one frame isn’t easy for me, but well worth it, I think.
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Dec 3, 06 | 53 – The Healing |
Mar 16, 20 | 839 – What What |
Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
Feb 5, 14 | 569 – Don’t Call Him a Communist When You’ve Been One For a Year |
Mar 14, 07 | 113 – “THAT’S NOT FAIR!” |
A transitional strip. I hate these. Usually, I’m able to cover it up better with a joke, but not so much here.
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Jun 9, 22 | 896 – Pushed Aside |
Jul 15, 11 | Pg. 14 “Why Wouldn’t She?” |
Jun 29, 11 | 329 – Ear Twist |
Dec 26, 11 | Guest Strip by Will Boyer! |
Oct 23, 17 | 740 – Boop |
The plot of this particular strip was pretty simple: Jerry and Dictator Tot play Wii Bowling. DT loses. DT pulls out a gun. Here’s the script, as originally written: 123 – 1: DT assuming the bowling stance. DT: Bowling is very simple. The remote is like the ball. You pull it back with the button… [...]
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Aug 26, 13 | 529 – Why Did Jerry Do It? |
Jan 10, 18 | 753 – What She’d Like to Know |
Mar 17, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 5 “Prison Stripes” |
Jul 16, 14 | 610 – Do the most you can do. |
Aug 31, 11 | 347 – Witch Fontana’s Fortunate Fortunes |
I’ve made no secret that I have a long, long term plan for the SuperFogeys. Pieces of a puzzle that I want to lay down and that will add up into something (I hope) special one day. This is one of those pieces. I won’t say I always knew it would be Jerry to get [...]
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Jul 27, 15 | 661 – Jerry is the Portalmaker |
Jun 28, 22 | 901 – Vanished |
Nov 11, 13 | 547 – Lashing Out |
Sep 30, 08 | 167 – Captain Spectacular’s Shame |
May 26, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 15 “DUDE!” |
There’s a kid with a gun. The kid’s a villain though, so I’m asking you to go with it. There’s not much funny about gun violence. This isn’t the place to really get into it, but my life has certainly been affected by gun violence on more than one occasion. My feeling is that if [...]
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Jul 4, 11 | 330 – Swim City |
Dec 8, 20 | 860 – Idiot Martha |
Aug 22, 14 | Pg. 8 “The Captor Revealed” |
Nov 7, 11 | 360 – Decision |
Jan 6, 09 | Guest Strip by T.L. Collins of “Bullfinch!” |
Did Swifty go too far? That’s what some readers thought. I admit that I had second thoughts about this one as well, but knowing what I know about Swifty and Jerry’s relationship, I think he is justified. True, I haven’t actually REVEALED why Swifty hates Jerry so much, but still… The second panel with Spy Gal’s [...]
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Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
Aug 24, 12 | Pg. 3 “Crybabies” |
Feb 23, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 8 “The Return of Zurida” |
Mar 20, 07 | 119 – #@$% Heroic |
Here’s a bit of a storytelling trick…by keeping Dr. Rocket out of the strip for several weeks (off camera–he was in the room the whole time), I make his appearance in the last panel just that much more surprising. That’s the hope anyway. It all seems terribly convenient, I agree. You’re supposed to be thinking [...]
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Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Jan 3, 11 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar, Part One |
Mar 5, 12 | 392 – …Secrets, Secrets Hurt Someone |
Oct 7, 06 | 14 – Watchin’ TV |
Dec 19, 12 | 468 – Jerry’s Savior |
How did I go this long without a “When Pigs Fly” joke? That first panel was a challenge for me. In case you haven’t already been able to tell, perspective isn’t my strong suit. Still, I’m pleased with how it turned out. I think it works for what it is. Again, Star Maiden is just [...]
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Dec 5, 11 | 368 – Darn That Dr. Klein |
Nov 14, 16 | 713 – No More Killin’ |
Oct 9, 19 | 802 – Nothing More Important Than Loyalty |
Mar 26, 12 | 398 – Rookie Hero Move |
Apr 30, 18 | 782 – The Lone Figure in the Doorway |
Nurse Carter has a personality! I think I do an alright job of developing my characters, but Nurse Carter has always been the one that I’ve neglected. Here, finally, she says something that hints at something resembling a thought in her head. It’s the kind of character humor that can be difficult to do, but [...]
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Mar 13, 11 | 299 – Why The Hospital |
Sep 24, 06 | 3 – Escape From the Carpathian Bug People |
Mar 19, 18 | 772 – Showdown at the New California Coast |
Apr 22, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Boy Who Lived” |
Apr 18, 11 | 308 – Time Displaced/Erased/No Taste |
Had a blast with the first panel. I love drawing Mr. Crook, design courtesy of Eskimo Dave creator Mike Hartigan. I wish he wasn’t dead. Check back to Episode 10 of Chapter 1 for a part of Mr. Crook’s story. Mustache on Captain Spectacular doesn’t look too bad. A little more insight on the Jerry/Swifty [...]
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Sep 11, 08 | 162 – Just Another Purty Face? |
Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
Jun 25, 09 | 213 – Bubbles of Light 4 |
Feb 13, 12 | 386 – The Papanazi Report: Vegas |
Apr 11, 11 | 306 – He Looks Like He’s Dying |
This was supposed to be a very normal operation with some choice quips from Dr. Rocket. That was the idea anyway. Then I remembered, “Oh yeah, this is the SuperFogeys.” As with most things involving Dr. Rocket, this crosses the line from weird into disturbing. I’m pretty much okay with that.
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Nov 4, 11 | Pg. 6 “A Zombie Rabbit” |
Feb 21, 18 | 765 – The Spark Between Them |
Dec 21, 10 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 3 “Out of Mongoloids” |
Jul 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 22 “The Society of Heroes” |
Mar 31, 07 | 130 – When Pigs Fly |
Wow. Just, wow. This strip is sooooo busy. I think there’s a certain charm to it, but hold crud, those panels are just loaded. Usually not a good idea. I have no idea why the Space Pig is singing “Last Kiss.” That was the song that seemed to fit and once I got the idea [...]
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Oct 2, 13 | 540 – Jerry is Committed |
Jan 11, 10 | Guest Strip by Bearman of “Bearman Cartoons!” |
Mar 11, 20 | 838 – The Situation |
Feb 1, 17 | 731 – Mr. Brightside |
Aug 10, 11 | 341 – Stop |
That profile pic of Jerry is my most favorite drawing of him that I’ve done. It just captures him so perfectly. The first mission of the Society of Heroes is a tale I want to tell. It should appear as a backup story in a future SuperFogeys book. Watch for that.
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Jan 28, 10 | 241 – He’s Gone |
Jul 15, 08 | 145 – Wrinkly Butt |
Jan 8, 10 | Guest Strip by Cory Thomas of “Watch Your Head!” |
Mar 8, 11 | Pg. 6 “Area is Secure” |
May 25, 11 | 319 – The Plans of Dr. Klein, Pt. 2 “Isn’t Everybody?” |
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This is the cover to Book 2, which collected both all of Chapter 3 and the backup story, “Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden in the Inevitable Dimension.”
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Commentary Looking at my comments below, it’s clear I wasn’t very happy about the way this strip turned out at the time. Looking at it now, I’m not sure what my problem was. Looks pretty decent to me, although I regret the color scheme I chose for Jerry’s hospital room, especially since he’s going to [...]
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BRIAN ANDERSON Today’s amazing spotlight on Dr. Rocket comes to us from Brian Anderson of the nationally syndicated comic strip,Dog Eat Doug! Brian is doing me a huge favor this week as last week’s ER visit really threw me off my game. Look at the detail in the good Doctor’s face! Amazing work, Brian, and [...]
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RUFUS EDGE Holy Guest Strips, Captain! I was amazed to get 2 guest strips of high caliber this week, and now, suddenly, I’ve got two more! This latest one was actually submitted as Fan Art, but I think you can easily see why I tossed it into the regular rotation. I literally laughed out loud [...]
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Commentary Ah, “Wrinkly Butt.” As this one was sitting at my drawing board, my wife happened upon it and exclaimed “WHAT IS UP WITH SPY GAL’S CHEST?” I explained that she’s been long established as a large-chested character and that she’s clearly folding her arms here so… My wife wasn’t having it. It was an [...]
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